John Irvin, Jr.

John Irvin, Jr. was born in Linden Hall, Harris township, and in the country schools near his home secured his education. Leaving school at an early age, he went to Oak Hall, College township, where he became proprietor of the Oak Hall grist and saw mills and a store at the same place. He built the Monroe furnace in Huntingdon county, Penn., where he lived for several years, but finally returned to Oak Hall. Subsequently, however, he removed to Iowa, where his death occurred, surviving his last wife 3 years.

John Irvin, Jr., married Miss Hannah Greene, a daughter of Joseph Greene (owner of the Centre Furnace of College township), who lived and died in Milesburg. The only child born of this union was John Green Irvin, and his mother died in 1832, when he was but 2 years old.

Later his father wedded Miss Isabella Rankin, a daughter of John Rankin, of Bellefonte, and to them were born 5 children, namely: Mary, who died in Iowa; William, a commission merchant of Chicago, Ill.; Sarah, wife of D. H. Annabel, a dry-goods merchant, of Keokuk, Iowa; John, a farmer of the Hawkeye State; and Isabella, wife of C. C. Cox, a broker of Chicago.